Daniel Horace Deudney (born March 9, 1953) is an American political scientist and
Professor
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of
Political Science
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at
Johns Hopkins University
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. His published work is mainly in the fields of
international relations
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and
political theory, with an emphasis on
geopolitics and
republicanism
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.
Education
Deudney graduated from
Yale University
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in 1975 with a Bachelor of Arts in
political science
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and philosophy. He holds an
MPA
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Academia
Academic degrees
* Master of Performing Arts
* Master of Professional Accountancy
* Master of Public Administration
* Master of Public Affairs
Schools
* Mesa Preparatory Academy
* Morgan Park Academy
* Mou ...
in science, technology, and
public policy
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from the
George Washington University
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. In 1989, he graduated from
Princeton University
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with an
MA and PhD in political science.
Career
In the late 1970s, Deudney worked for three years as the senior legislative assistant for energy and environment and legislative director to Senator
John A. Durkin (D-NH).
[http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/node/11752 ] In the 1980s, he was a senior researcher at the
Worldwatch Institute
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in Washington D.C.
He also consulted for the
Departments of State and
Defense and the
Central Intelligence Agency
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.
From 1991 to 1998, Deudney taught at the
University of Pennsylvania
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, as an assistant professor before he accepted a position as associate professor at Johns Hopkins University.
[http://www.dailypennsylvanian.com/node/12207 ]
He has won several awards for teaching including the Johns Hopkins University Alumni Association Excellence in Teaching Award in 2005, the George E. Owens Teaching Award in 2001, and Penn's Lindback Award for excellence in teaching in 1996.
Deudney's book, ''Bounding Power: Republican Security Theory from the Polis to the Global Village'', is revolutionary in its field, as he seeks to carry out a profound critique of
realism
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In the arts
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and
liberalism
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. He argues that realism and liberalism are both fragments of a broader tradition of republican thought. In contrast to either realism or liberalism, republican political thought is focused on negotiating the space between
anarchy and
hierarchy. The book was reviewed in March/April 2007 issue of ''Foreign Affairs''. It received the 2008 Robert Jervis and Paul Schroeder Award for the Best Book on International History and Politics, International History and Politics Section,
American Political Science Association, and the 2010 ISA Book of the Decade Award in International Studies,
International Studies Association
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br>
Bounding Power
Overall, Deudney remains a liberal theorist, describing liberalism as "not the enemy of republican security theory, but its privileged... child". He believes the liberal democratic model will prevail in the world, and without believing in the triumphalism of
Francis Fukuyama
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Fukuyama is known for his book ''The End of History and the Last Man'' (1992), which argue ...
's thesis, he paraphrases him: "Liberal states should not assume that history has ended, but they can still be certain that it is on their side."
[''The Myth of the Autocratic Revival: Why Liberal Democracy Will Prevail''. Deudney, Daniel, Ikenberry, G. John, Foreign Affairs, Jan./Feb. 2009, Vol. 88, Issue 1]
Works
Books
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Dissertation
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Articles
*Deudney, Daniel. "Publius before Kant: Federal-Republican Security and Democratic Peace." European Journal of International Relations. London: Sep 2004. Vol.10, Iss. 3; p. 315
See also
Relevant concepts
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Negarchy Negarchy was a term coined by Daniel Deudney to mean a form of status quo maintained by the interrelations of the power structure and authority that modern states hold in relation to one another, which negate one another because of their respectiv ...
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Geopolitics
Other republican IR theorists
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Nicholas Onuf
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Andrew Price-Smith
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Steven Slaughter
References
External links
''Theory Talks''2013 interview with Daniel Deudney
Video of debate/discussion with Deudneyand
Michael Lind
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on
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American political scientists
International relations scholars
Johns Hopkins University faculty
Yale College alumni
Elliott School of International Affairs alumni
Princeton University alumni
1953 births
Living people